Ryan also toured the Rio Grande and surrounding areas with Homeland Security officials by boat and helicopter.

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He’s also expected to visit the McAllen Border Control Station, which patrols 53 miles of the Rio Grande.

Several other members of Congress are also visiting the border this week while the House and Senate are out of session.

Once back in session, lawmakers plan to consider legislation this year that would use taxpayer money to fund the border wall President Trump campaigned on.

The Trump administration this week outlined a substantially more aggressive approach to deporting people in the U.S. illegally. Memos signed by Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly increase the number of immigrants considered high-priority for deportation.

By comparison, the Obama administration focused more narrowly on deporting those in the country illegally who had serious criminal records or who had recently crossed the border.

Ryan is being joined this week by House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Rep. John Carter (R-Texas), who chairs an Appropriations subcommittee overseeing homeland security.